Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-03-05
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fine, well-rooted manure. sc as TO ALLOW
the rains to carry down the solubl,
portions to the roots of the plants.
As a result of the wholesale dest,A9l c
ton of birds for ornament,, purposes
reports from South Carolina state thai
ravages of i:sects in that State last
seasc. were greater than ever before
Known.
All fowls that feather slowly are usu-
ally hardy. For instance, the Brahmas
1t is owing to the fact that the drain on
the system occas oned by quick feath-
ering does not weaken them. Slow
feathering while growing is indicative
of hardness.
To train a flock of sheep take lamb
to the house and teach it to come at
the call of Il certain sound, and then
put it with flock. As sheep follow
the leader the whole flock may be
called by the ODE Hence shown on the
part of the petted sheep.
Co.'s need light, not only for their
own health and comfort, but because
good butter can not be made from the
milk Of cows keptin dark stables. AR,
light, cleanliness and warmth are four
essentials of a COW stable where cows
are kept for profit.
Professor Forbes says that at least
seventy per cent. of the apples now de-
stroyed or injured by tine coddling
moth may be saved to ripening by one
or more sprayings with Paris green,
made in early spring, while the fruit is
not larger than hazelnut.
An excellent mixture of hav for all
classes of stock is one-third clover hay
with I notify and red top, which is
much better than either one alone, as
the mixture is more complete in food
elements. 1t should be fed with an al
lowance of ground grain also.
Tie farmers OF South Carolina have
concluded that they can no longer raise
rice with profit. 1t is very difficult to
obtain reliable labor for the rice fields.
During the last few years several other
cereals have come into use in the place
of rice, and the demand for it has in
creased.
An apiarist of considerable expert
ence says he is fully convinced that
bacteria or foul breed never attacks
the larvae of the honey bee. except when
the larve are weakened or ill from
some other cause, and that there is no |
remedy known that will benefit a |
colony of bees afflicted with this dis
ease, unless it be accompanied by good |
healthy food. In fact, the food is all |
that is necessary.
According to a dairy authority, but
Ter needs only ali the strong brine it
will absorb while in the granular stage
to give it keeping properties. When
free of buttermilk. as it may be if it is
washed out, coating of liquid salt
about each little globule, is all that can
ever be done in the way of salt adding
10 the keeping of butter. Then this
brine will also fill all the minute spaces
between the globules and keep out the
iir.
One of the most important values CT
fertilizers is their action on quick grow
NC crops. Strawberries. for example,
must gather most of their food in very
ew weeks, and in that time must have
in superabundance in most available
orm. Grass, on the other hand, takes
IS many months to perfect its growth,
md plenty of time to gather its food,
which is about the same for one-half
on OF timothy as for five thousand
quarts of Strawberries.